Masoom

Masoom is dedicated to ensuring quality education in Night Schools by empowering and transforming the youth to learn better and earn better. The Night School Transformation Program (NSTP) is designed to meet the unique needs of night schools and their students through a three-fold intervention model: enhancing educational infrastructure and resources, building stakeholder capacity, and driving advocacy efforts. The focus is to help students achieve their full potential through targeted educational and policy support, leading to better skills and career opportunities.

Major Interventions:

Educational Infrastructure: Masoom provides essential resources such as evening meals, notebooks, textbooks, mobile science labs, computers, and audiovisual learning materials. Braille learning tools and textbooks are offered for visually impaired students. Masoom also conducts Entrepreneurship Development Programs and supports job placements. It reaches out to rural areas to enroll visually impaired students through vocational training institutes.

Career Cell & Capacity Building: The Career Cell helps students make informed career decisions by offering a range of short- and long-term courses. Masoom works closely with various stakeholders, including school committees, trustees, headmasters, teachers, parents, alumni, and non-teaching staff. Regular training sessions and workshops are held, and school leaders are appointed to support the schools and Masoom’s efforts.

Evening Learning Centers (ELC) & Tech-On-Wheels (TOW): ELCs educate out-of-school adolescents and adults using formal and informal education models, helping them pass 10th grade and build life skills. Tech-on-Wheels provides computer access and exposure to IT courses through three buses equipped with technology and engaging educational programs.

Advocacy and Nutrition Support: Masoom promotes policy-level changes for Night Schools through engagement with education officials and public awareness initiatives. It also distributes dry ration kits to students who often face economic hardships due to unemployment or informal sector work.